I Know Mine And Mine Know Me

April 15, 2018By

Good Shepherd Sunday 2018
The Church continues to celebrate the Resurrection in the Mass texts for this second Sunday after Easter known as Good Shepherd Sunday.  The Epistle and Gospel highlight the beautiful aspect of Christ as the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.  Psalm 22 expresses so well His care and love. The prophet Ezechiel prophesied that Our Lord, Himself, will shepherd His sheep.  These are consoling thoughts for all who follow our true Shepherd.

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Tap Into Her Heart

April 9, 2018By

Feast Of The Annunciation 2018
This year the Annunciation is celebrated after Easter.  Our feast recalls the moment when the ever Virgin Mary became the Mother of God.  All the details of this Gospel account took place in her home which is known as the holiest place on earth.  In penetrating this mystery from inside the Blessed Mother, we see how great was her virginal/maternal heart which was so generous, courageous, faithful, trusting and loving.  We, especially the young, should reach into her heart and use these qualities on our road to heaven.

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Feast Of Feasts

April 1, 2018By

Easter Sunday 2018
The Resurrection is the miraculous proof of everything Our Lord said and did.  Easter then is the greatest solemnity in the liturgical year.  We must purge out the old leaven of sin and celebrate with the new leaven of holiness and truth.  Our patrons for this are the Blessed Mother whom the Risen Christ visited first and that penitent who loved much, St. Mary Magdalen. Together they will help us to make sure our Lenten training bears fruit this Paschal season and on the road to heaven.

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The Greatest Day Of Your Life

May 21, 2017By

Fifth Sunday After Easter 2017 – 1st Holy Communion Sunday

St. James in the simple and direct style of his epistle gives practical advice on living a moral life.  In the Gospel, Christ reveals the secrets of the Blessed Trinity to His apostles.  Also, today the children received their First Holy Communion and they were given their final instruction about Its importance and the effects of the Holy Eucharist in their lives.

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Mother’s Day

May 14, 2017By

Fourth Sunday after Easter 2017

This Mass prepares us for the upcoming feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost when Our Lord returns to heaven and sends the Holy Ghost.  This day is also a secular holiday in which we honor our mothers.  Falling as it does during the month of May our thoughts naturally turn to our heavenly Mother and all that she has done for us.  A tangible sign of this comes under her title of “Queen of Peace” which was added to her litany and soon afterwards led to her apparitions at Fatima and the end of the first World War.

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Christ Was Not A Grudge-Holder

May 5, 2017By

Feast of St. Pius V – 1st Friday April 2017

Christ’s first words to His Apostles on Easter night were Peace be to you.  By this He re-assured them that He had forgiven them for abandoning Him during His Passion and Death.  We must imitate Our Lord and not hold grudges.  Also, the Introit for the feast of St. Pius V begins “If you love Me, Simon Peter, feed My sheep”.  These words were spoken by Our Lord after Easter and we learn their exegesis and how they fit the life of this great pope.

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By His Stripes We Are Healed

April 30, 2017By

Good Shepherd Sunday

The words of today’s gospel:  “I am the Good Shepherd” have a significant meaning for those of us “sheep” who look for protection and guidance from their Shepherd.  There is also a reference to the last three chapters of the Book of Isaiah – prophecies relating specifically to the coming of Christ which curiously were deleted from a version of the Old Testament.  One can only wonder why this was done.  In any case, we should all remember the words of Jesus: “I know mine and mine know me.  As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.  And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.”

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Believe With Confidence

April 23, 2017By

Low Sunday 2017

Low Sunday is the culmination of the eight-day celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The term Low is intended to indicate the contrast between it and the great Feast one week earlier of Easter Sunday, certainly the greatest of all liturgical feasts. The Octave Day of Easter is considered part of the feast, though to a lower degree. The entire celebration of Easter is meant to give us confidence that we too can one day share in the same Resurrection of the body if we hold fast to the Truths of Faith and the power of Grace over sin that Our Lord won for us. We must have confidence that our path is right and our goal can and will be achieved.


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Resurrection Compels Belief

April 16, 2017By

Easter Sunday 2017

On Easter Sunday St. Paul tells us to purge out the old leaven and that Christ is our Passover.  His rising from the dead still shocks and amazes the modern world as it did in His day. One of the purposes for Our Lord’s Resurrection is as an aid to believe all that He taught and gave us.  It also proves His victory over sin because He overcame its consequence, death.  Easter is the glorious reward for Our Savior’s great work of sacrifice and includes all the merits He has won for us as well.  We too will rise from the dead someday and go to heaven where God has prepared a place for us.  We must have courage and enjoy this feast.

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Celebrate The Victory Of Christ

April 15, 2017By

Easter Vigil 2017

The Easter Vigil begins with the Feast of Light in dispelling the darkness of sin.  The next part of the ceremony is about Baptism and renewal of vows and finally we have the Mass.  The central doctrine of Easter is the Resurrection of Our Lord and His overcoming of evil and death.  We renew our Faith and rejoice in Christ’s glorious Resurrection.

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